DETAJE FREE OF CHARGE OF FREE DNewsletter publishedE by TheT OrganizationA For Security andIL Co-operationS in Europe (OSCE) Mission in D E T VolumeA 3, L No. J4I - June, 2003 Health problem finds the right cure The joint efforts of village activists, municipal assembly and the OSCE Mission resulted in the construction of an ambulanta in the village of Livoç i epërm/Gornji Livoč .

Text and photo: Mevlyde Salihu activists, municipal assembly in Gjilan/Gnjilane and OSCE, The village of Livoç i epërm/ that the OSCE Mission is very we are very close to having a Gornji Livoč is located in the happy with the project and with functioning health house here,” western part of Gjilan/Gnjilane. the way things have developed. said Mr. Kurteshi. Mr. Osmani A mixed population of Kosovo “The ambulanta will serve both from the municipal assembly and Kosovo Serbs, the Albanian and Serb commu- thinks that the local residents approximately 3500 inhabit- nity. We think it is a very good did a tremendous job. “They ants, live there. For the moment, project that will help people overcame barriers and divi- villagers lack medical services. to have a much better health sions. The Albanian and the But this severe health problem assistance than they had until Serb community agreed that is about to be cured. now,” says Ms. Ansede. the priority was solving the problem of health assistance in Some time ago, activists of the Aside for providing with medi- cal services, the ambulanta will their village,” Osmani added. village approached the Gjilan/ also increase the number of The commitment of villagers Gnjilane municipal assembly employees in the village. Doc- paid off. They have a reason and asked for help in building a tors will most probably co- to be happy, and they are. health house. They found sup- me from Gjilan/Gnjilane, since Mr. Halim Ramadani, a young port. Mr. Fadil Osmani, Direc- there are no graduate physi- man from Livoç i epërm/Gornji tor of projects in the municipal cians in Livoc, but nurses will Livoč, said that they are very assembly, got in touch with the be preferably hired from the glad as they see constructors OSCE OfÞ ce in Gjilan/Gnjilane village. So far, inhabitants had setting up the roof of the ambu- and, in co-operation with its to travel to Gjilan/Gnjilane to lanta. staff, began to work on this get medical treatment. This The practice shows that when issue. They prepared a project, will not be necessary when the people agree between them- the OSCE OfÞ ce approved it ambulanta will become opera- selves, solutions come quick. and found the money, and the tional. Although building the ambu- construction work soon started. The representative of the vil- lanta took approximately one Now, the ambulanta is almost lage, Mr. Ramadan Kurteshi, year, the result is impressive. completed and the inaugura- says this is a project of capital At least for the 3,500 inhabit- tion is expected sometime in importance for Livoç i epërm/ ants of Livoç i epërm/Gornji Li- September. Gornji Livoč. “We were a vil- voč, who in the near future will Ms. Lola Ansede, from the lage with completely under- not have to travel to the nearest OSCE Democratisation Depart- developed infrastructure. Now, city - which is not very close - ment in Gjilan/Gnjilane, says with the hard work of village to get medical treatment. Workers building the roof of the Ambulanta INTHIS ISSUE A successful return It took several attempts before 100 could return A daunting task Page 3 to their homes in Gornja Bitinja/Biti e Epërme. Text: Mustafa Skenderi Around 100 Kosovo Albanians from Gornja Bitinja/Biti e Epër- Gornja Bitinja/Biti e Epërme, a In the meantime, the OSCE OfÞ - me, escorted by 20 KFOR and Dancing for village in municipality of Štrpce/ ce in Štrpce/Shtrpcë, in co-oper- UNHCR vehicles, tried to enter Shtrpcë, was inhabited before ation with UNMIK, KFOR and the village again on 22 May. reconciliation Page 4 1999 with Kosovo Serbs and UNHCR, has started a public About 100 Kosovo Serbs bloc- Albanians. Most of the Kosovo awareness campaign and public ked the entrance to the village. Albanians from this village have debates, aiming to promote and During the day talks started been displaced in Ferizaj/Uro- clarify the right to return. “It between Kosovo Serb and Koso- Interview: Mr. Lutfi Haziri, ševac and surrounding villages is an undeniable right for every vo Albanian political leaders on during the past four years. After community to return to its orig- one hand and the inhabitants of President of the AKM Page 5 the improvement of security sit- inal place”, says Mr. Horst both communities on the other, uation, Kosovo Albanian villag- Denecke, Head of OfÞ ce. but without results. It has been ers on 27 February sent to the “In regard to return itself”, agreed to continue the meeting international community and to says Mrs. Spomenka Kojadino- Restoring on 23 May when a Þ nal agree- municipal structures a request vic, a member of the Municipal good relations Page 5 to return to their own homes. Working Group, “we had no ment was reached and Kosovo The Þ rst spontaneous return of direct involvement on return Albanians entered the village Ko-sovo Albanians in the village of Kosovo Albanians to Gornja without KFOR or police escort. Gornja Bitinja/Biti e Epërme oc- Bitinja/Biti e Epërme. Our role International humanitarian or- Lessons about curred on 9 May. A number of was to make a picture of the ganisations like the American Kosovo Serb inhabitants of the place where they return, and Refugees Committee and UNH- education Page 6 village blocked the entrance in this community to make a con- CR are helping these people to sign of protest. After negotia- tact with another community, accommodate for the time being. tions, an agreement was reached to talk with each other, so that The day when we visited the Page 6 that the Albanians should be se- this return can be of beneÞ t for returnees, they were collecting An issue of equality at they would try again to return Kosovo Serbs as well, in order details about materials needed to their homes on 22 May. to straighten out relations”. for reconstruction of houses. 2 DETAILSDETAJEDETALJI EDITORIAL

There are many other cases with similar legal problems. Yes, the current report shows that OSCE is here to help progress has been made, but there are still obstacles. Among the many: with property rights · The lack of property records; A confusing and contradictory legal frame- · work; In June 2003, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo The failure of some municipal governments to published a very extensive report on property · follow expropriation procedures; rights. We launched the report at a building Illegal construction and inconsistent practices site with an extraordinary story of an unfinished · around Kosovo in dealing with the issue; building, like so many other finished or unfinished buildings in Kosovo. The inefficiency of courts in dealing with prop- · erty disputes; and, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, The land belonged to a resident of Kosovo in the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo mid 80s. It was expropriated by the municipality, · The insufficient protection of minority and but the municipality did not follow procedures and returnee property rights. the land was returned to the rightful owner. We should also note a few areas were progress In 1988 the owner sold his land. After the conß ict has been made: the owner started to build, but did not apply for and economic restructuring process currently a construction permit. In 2001, the municipality The settling of property claims submitted to the under way in Kosovo. · Housing and Property Directorate improved, in ordered him to stop the construction. The owner As the transfer of competencies continues, we particular in 2003; then made a request to legalize the construction, look to provisional institutions to take up their which he is allowed to do. However, ownership of The inter - agency coordination improved, responsibilities in the area of property rights. It is land could not be determined and the construction · especially through the Advisory Board on Com- not an easy task and it will not become any easier could not be legalized by the municipality. munities Working Group on Property Rights; in the coming years. But helping all the people of Kosovo to have clarity on their rights and their The case is still pending with the owner seeking The Special Chamber of the Supreme Court of homes is an important part of building a stable and confirmation of his property rights in court, but · Kosovo on Kosovo Trust Agency Related Mat- peaceful future for Kosovo. it is hard to tell the outcome because of the lack ters was recently established. It will deal with of documentation. disputes and claims related to the privatization As always, OSCE will be here to help.

“We are offering technical assistance to the institutions in applying the laws” DETAJE - says Mr. Haki Demolli, Director of the Kosovo Law Centre - DETAILS Interviewer: Edita Buçaj the reforms have already been and secure a better working applied and now the model place, and some of them, upon Details: Being an independent of studies in the Law Faculty their return have been and body from the OSCE and with is in line with the “Bologna are directly involved in imple- DETALJI a local director, what are the scheme.” In addition, during menting different KLC proj- challenges that the Kosovo ects. Rruga Beogradi 32 38000 the academic year 2003/2004, Tel. (+381-38) 500 162 Fax: (+381-38) 500 188 Law Centre (KLC) is facing? we are expecting to start with E-mail: [email protected] Details: Your centre compiles Mr Demolli: It is true that the the Þ rst generation of post-uni- applicable laws in Kosovo. Botuesi: KLC is in the process of be- versity studies. Poul Smidt According to the most recent coming independent from its Kryeredaktorë: Details: KLC assists Kosovo reports on Kosovo’s judicial founder the OSCE Mission in Florin Pasnicu students to study abroad and system, the triple source of Kosovo, but this does not mean Redaktorë: gain new experiences. What legislation makes the work of that the KLC will cease all Hasan Sopa (Detaje) happens upon their return to courts difÞ cult and is in some Slavisa Mladenovic (Detalji) links and co-operation with Kosovo? Do KLC or other cases contradictory. What are Disenji & faqosja the OSCE. Currently, one of local authorities help them your observations while com- Shpend Kada its main challenges is drawing Þ nd jobs in Kosovo’s institu- piling these documents? and implementing a long-term tions? Bashkëpunëtorët: strategy, which would trans- Mr Demolli: So far the KLC has Srdjan Antic, Chris Cycmanick, form the KLC into a sustain- Mr Demolli: Following the ag- published Þ ve compilations of Arijan Haxhibeqiri, Xhemë Ibraj, able and stable organization. reements signed with univer- applicable laws and provisions Vlera Kastrati, Rexhep Krasniqi, Sven Lindholm, Nderim Pasuli, A priority will undoubtedly be Mr. Haki Demolli, Director of the sities from other countries, the in Kosovo, in three languages: Ivana Petrovic, Gëzim Rexha, education on legal issues, rais- Kosovo Law Centre KLC has managed to help 22 English, Albanian and Serbian. Halide Sadiku, Mevlyde Salihu, Kosovar students to continue By this we are more or less Andrej Sever, Mustafa Skenderi, ing legal awareness of different Slavica Staletovic, Armend Tahirsylaj, layers of society, legal training Mr. Demolli: Since 2000, the their studies abroad (Nether- offering technical assistance to Irfan Ukshini, Bernard Vrban and publication of magazines, former Department of Edu- lands, and elsewhere), the institutions applying, com- books and compilations from cation (UNMIK) gave KLC a be it for BA or MA degree. menting, analysing and study- the Þ eld of justice. leading role in reforming the Upon their return to Kosovo, ing these laws. Seen from the osce Prishtina University Law Fac- with the experiences gained aspect of analysing and com- Mission in Kosovo Details: The KLC plays an ulty. General reforms include abroad, they have an advan- menting these legal provisions, Shënim: tage compared to their col- I can say that the KLC pro- important role in reforming the curriculum, the model of Pikëpamjet e paraqitura apo prezantimi the Faculty of Law. How studies, inclusion of new spe- leagues who did not have such fessional fellows often express i materialeve të botuara nuk shprehin much has been done in this cialisations in law studies, pro- an opportunity. And usually, in their opinions, observations, politikën, opinionet apo qëndrimet e misionit të OSBE-së në Kosovë. aspect and can we say that grams of legal practice, and the conditions of market econ- remarks and professional sug- there will be quick improve- examination methods. Despite omy, this category of lawyers gestions, through the KLC jour- ments in the future? the difÞ culties, certain parts of manages to “sell themselves” nal “Kosovo Legal Studies.” DETAILSDETAJEDETALJI 3 A daunting task Four Kosovo Local and international experts discussed the challenges of reforming the local government. athletes to the Text: Leon Malazogu & Besnik Tahiri / Photo: Hasan Sopa outlined, and politicians and civil society could make an From December 2002 until June ence included other stakehold- easier choice of the best solu- Special Olympics 2003, the OSCE Mission in ers and opinion makers as well. tions for Kosovo. A local expert, who greatly “Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave the Kosovo and the Kosovo Insti- The conferences thus endea- added to the local ownership of attempt,” says the motto of the games. tute for Policy Research and voured to create a different Development (KIPRED) have the debate, chaired all three ses- environment for policy analy- will deÞ nitely affect their life, as organized a series of three sions. A number of other local Text and photo: Hasan Sopa sis, by setting a slightly more they will carry this recognition roundtables / conferences about organizations participated and academic frame in the Þ rst Many disabled people in into their daily lives at home, the reform of local govern- were active in various panels. place. Despite the very politi- Kosovo may remember the day in school, on the job and in the cally charged context of decen- of Thursday 12 June. But four community they live. tralization, it managed to young athletes with learning Not only will the four athletes persuade stakeholders that it is disability will never forget it. remember this day, but also “reform of local government” Thanks to a small group of their families will never forget that we ought to be talking people, the athletes participated it. The day of departure was a about. As one international in the Special Olympics World very happy one for Zade Ibra- expert with extensive knowl- Games, which were held in himi from Gjakovë/Djakovica. edge of Kosovo said, we have to Dublin, Ireland, from 16 June to Words were too weak to express “de-emotionalize and de-irra- 29 June 2003. her feelings. Her son Adnan tionalize it”. Special Olympics are a world- Ibrahimi is one of the four ath- This series analyzed various wide sports movement for letes who will join the team to issues. Initially, the issues were people with disabilities. Eunice Dublin. “It is very important broad and conceptual. As Kennedy Shriver founded it that my son will be out from conferences progressed, they over 30 years ago, and it is now home in the company of others. boiled down to more speciÞ c active in more than 160 coun- That will help him better realize topics like: analysis of fears on tries throughout the world. For that there are other people out both sides; the legal framework the Þ rst time, the games were there that care and love him,” and conß icting laws; how was held outside the United States. says Zade Ibrahimi. Local and international experts, during the session held in the OSCE this process done in other coun- Participating in this event is not The Irish community, represent- Mission Headquarters in Prishtina tries with similar experiences; about winning or losing, it is ing different international orga- what is the role of the transfer simply about being a part of it. nizations in Kosovo, has helped ment. The discussion started Kosovo lacks a tradition in of competencies; what are the The four athletes returned from the most in sending this team with the topic of decentraliza- autonomous local self-govern- Þ nancial implications etc. A Dublin with two bronze medals. to Dublin. According to William tion, as this had been launched ment. The highly decentral- number of experts from Slove- But the other beneÞ ts that they Egar, Field Coordinator in the several months before by the ized “Yugoslav communes” of nia, Switzerland, Austria, Hun- Special Representative of the Kardelj were much more an gary and Macedonia greatly UN Secretary General to moti- example of “de-concentrated” contributed to this input. The vate the Serb community to take state authority than local gov- Þ nal roundtable saw the Coun- part in the local elections. But it ernment. With the establish- cil of Europe unveiling the soon became clear that de-cen- ment of UNMIK, municipal Þ rst draft of the model that tralization was a far more com- governance was addressed by they deemed appropriate for plex and a very long process Regulation 2000/45. As this has Kosovo. that Kosovo has to undergo, by now been superseded by Overall, the conferences edu- regardless of ethnic tensions. many other regulations, there is cated all of the participants. As a result, subsequent con- confusion over all the 23 duties They put many relevant ferences dealt with “reform and obligations of the munici- examples on the table, and of local government”, a ter- palities today. Add to this the put forward everyone’s fears minology also adopted by the ethnic tension, the low Þ nan- and preferences. This enabled Decentralization Mission of the cial capacities of the municipal- experts to draw models and test The four athletes (fi rst row, bottom) who participated in the Special Olympics ities and the high expectations them. The Council of Europe Council of Europe. got from the Olympics through OSCE Mission, they are very of the people. As a result, has unveiled the preferred sports and competition will happy and very proud to have This series aimed to gather KIPRED and OSCE realized the model. However, the OSCE have a positive impact on many done so. He thinks that the small local and international experts need to underpin the public Mission and KIPRED will work aspects on their lives, such as group travelling to Dublin sym- and practitioners involved in debate and the political pro- closely with the Council to con- enhancing self-conÞ dence and bolizes all the people in Kosovo local government in Kosovo cess with independent aca- tinue the debate. They will social abilities in daily life, pre- who are handicapped. He says and in countries in the region demic discussion. This proved jointly coordinate a number of paring for independent living that they represent all of them, that underwent similar expe- necessary in order to identify activities of other organizations and improving friendships and and he hopes that public aware- riences. Initially, the project the substantive issues, and to and donors, in order to yield family relationships. In other ness will be raised with respect comprised a smaller group that provide with the insight of results that will be beneÞ cial words they were not only rec- to the problems that handi- was rather academic. The practitioners and academics. for the long-term future of the ognized as athletes, but as valu- capped people encounter. They second and the third confer- This way, alternatives could be people of Kosovo. able members of society. This deserve everybody’s support. Bicycles for children

Text and photo: Andrej Sever The project was scheduled to wear bright clothing at night finish in the first half of June, time. Her joy made Mr. Boro 12 pupils who participated in with a series of “lottery draw- Dragovic, the Principal of the a trafÞ c-awareness programme ings” where the children had a school, to say: “Such moments were rewarded with a nice prize chance to get bycicles. when we can see a full smile for the summer holidays. on the faces of our pupils are One of the happy winners very rare.” The OSCE-founded Kosovo of the 11th June drawing is Law Centre (KLC) has several Marina Andrejevic, a Þ fth Teachers and parents wel- months ago issued a brochure grader of the Primary School comed the booklet, says Ms. called “Passport for My Life”, “Sveti Sava” in Sušica/Sushica. Aleksandra Dimitrijevic, Natio- meant for primary school Marina proudly says that she nal Advisor at the KLC. The pupils in Pristina region. Its has learnt from “the passport” continuation of the pro- basic aim is to introduce school that it is safe to walk on the gramme, according to her, children with trafÞ c rules. left side of the road, and to depends on donors. Marina (right) is the happy winner of a bicycle 4 DETAILSDETAJEDETALJI Dancing for reconciliation Understanding media A happy crowd celebrated the end of a nine month recon- Representatives of local government learn about media standards and regulations. ciliation programme in Shtime/Štimlje. Text and photo: Hasan Sopa dance group came on stage. Despite their very young age organized a series of semi- tions often result in deceiv- Text: Nderim Pasuli Pizzeria ‘Morigona’, which is - students in primary school - nars for municipal council- ing and inaccurate reporting. located in the centre of Shtime/ they performed very well. Peo- The lack of knowledge on lors and municipal directors. Political bias and the differ- media standards and regula- Štimlje and has a huge space ple in the audience expressed They were held in Prizren, Su- ence between news, opinion their delight by applauding tions sometimes brings local inside, was as crowded as ever harekë/Suva Reka, Dragash/ and newspapers’ commentar- on Wednesday, June 11th. This the young artists. Other danc- representatives of political Dragaš, Rahovec/Orahovac ies were also discussed. time the crowd gathered to ing groups, from the Albanian parties and members of local and Malishevë/Mališevo. happily celebrate the end of a and Roma-Ashkali communi- The debate on the role of government to unpleasant sit- reconciliation programme that ties came on stage, and each A topic which stirred a lot of uations. As we found out, the journalists and the role of started nine months ago. The group performed traditional local ofÞ cials are not fully interest was the importance of media role in society was very stage was ready; the guests dances. aware, for instance, of the role organizing press conferences animated. “Democratic and sat on their chairs with drinks The programme whose suc- and responsibility of the Tem- and of developing interview- responsible media play a very porary Media Commissioner ing skills for the members and important role in increasing (TMC) in issuing frequencies directors of municipal assem- or decreasing social tensions. and licences for electronic blies. Everybody agreed that The general level of media media. Among others, the the improvement of the public development is reß ected into TMC also deals with review- image of local institutions is the development of demo- ing complaints against broad- a very important issue, which cratic society and vice versa,” cast and print media. deserves a lot of attention. said Mr. Zenun Çelaj, Deputy In order to overcome this lack Relations between journalists, editor-on-chief of the daily of awareness, the Democra- ofÞ cials and municipal coun- newspaper “Zeri”. Mr. Celaj tization Department of the cillors were also considered was a guest lecturer in the OSCE OfÞ ce in Prizren has very important, as poor rela- seminars. Young people dancing on the celebration program in Shtime/Štimlje on their tables. A few youth cessful end was celebrated that groups dressed in traditional night was organised and fun- clothes were standing by, ready ded by the OSCE Mission and Democracy on air to perform. implemented jointly with the The moderators announced the “Youth Centre” in Shtime/ A radio station in Kaçanik/Kačanik is organizing live debates with opening of the celebration gala local community leaders. Štimlje. It included reconcilia- and invited Ms. Margarethe tion and social activities, but Matic, the Head of the OSCE also educational workshops Text and photo: Hasan Sopa was the second debate of the local elections people won’t go OfÞ ce in Lipjan/Lipljan to give such as computer classes, Eng- Þ rst topic. Three major politi- to vote at all,” warned the ang- a short speech. Ms. Matic In most areas of Kosovo the lish language and drawing cal leaders of Kaçanik/Kačanik ry citizen. greeted the guests, emphasized social climate has improved, (LDK, PDK, AAK) discussed The three guests - Mr. Fadil Çal- the importance of the recon- courses, which will help the but this has not insured full about inter-party relations and laku (PDK), Mr. Habib Shehu ciliation process and said that youth to integrate easily in the implementation of the princi- how to overcome the political (LDK) and Mr. Shukri Luta the youth can make a great school and professional life. ples and practices which are gridlock, because of which the (AAK) - accepted the criticism contribution with artistic pro- It will encourage in particular essential to democratic western local government is still not and admitted that the citizens grammes. “Music gets across members of the Ashkali com- societies. Four years after the munity to get education, as this functioning,” says Mr. Elezi. have the right to be dissatis- all boundaries, and can help end of the conß ict, the munic- bring together people from dif- brings about more job opportu- ipalities of Kaçanik/Kačanik, ferent backgrounds “, added nities, better living conditions Ferizaj/Uroševac and Štrpce/ Ms. Matic. and full integration in the life Shtrpcë still struggle to func- The music started and the Þ rst of community. tion according to democratic principles, and this stands true to most of Kosovo municipali- ties. Fighting for transparency “Radio Kaçanik”, in co-opera- Six NGOs from Mitrovicë/Mitrovica took a step towards closer tion with the Democratisation co-operation between municipality and civil society. Department of the OSCE OfÞ ce Text: Sevdije Buçinca rovicë/Mitrovica: “MINGOS“, in Štrpce/Shtrpcë, has devel- “Paqedashësit”, “Pëllumbat e Pa- oped a project called “Dis- Transparency is an attribute of qes”, “Organizata për Huma- cussion on Democracy”. Over good governance. It increases the nitet”, “Handikos” and the “Yo- a period of six months, the responsibility of the local govern- uth Centre”. station will bring together ment and the conÞ dence of cit- The members of the monitoring different actors of the local izens. According to the UNMiK network have experience in moni- regulation on self-governance, cit- community to discuss mutual toring and knowledge on munici- izens must have access to infor- concerns and potential. This pal structure and legislation. Prior mation on the work of the local to the start of the monitoring discussion is meant to enhance Mr. Habib Shehu (left) and Mr. Shukri Luta, during a live radio programme government. People have to be programme they participated in communication and facilitate informed, and not ignored, as it a series of training sessions on the sharing of valuable infor- Many citizens called during Þ ed. They also said that proj- is the current practice of many “Monitoring and Advocacy”, con- mation between the elected municipal assemblies. Based on the debate. This is a clear indi- ects like the one developed by ducted by NDI. The project imple- municipal representatives and these principles, several local non- mentation started on voluntary cation that they are not happy Radio Kacanik could improve citizens from their constituen- governmental organizations have at all with the level of co- basis on May 1st of this year. cies. the situation. “My impressions come up with the idea of estab- The municipality welcomed the operation between the political about this program are posi- lishing a network for monitoring initiative and has facilitated the According to Mr. Bedri Elezi, parties. Some brought forward tive. This was a discussion on the activities of the municipal as- work of the monitoring network. the editor in chief of “Radio harsh criticism. One said that issues of daily concern, which sembly in Mitrovica. According to Ellza Bitic-Shukriu, Kaçanik”, the main objective there is a total lack of co-opera- It was primarily the idea of the are very important for the cit- Manager of “MINGOS”, this idea of the project is to highlight tion between the political party NGO Resource Centre and of appeared to be a Þ rst good step izens. Through this program topics like tolerance, transpar- leaders. “This is best illustrated the Mitrovicë/Mitrovica Initiative towards transparency and closer they have the chance to get ency, the right to return, gender by the fact that the local gov- for NGO Support (“MINGOS”). collaboration between municipal- In co-operation with the OSCE empowerment, citizens’ rights ernment has not functioned informed about the current ity and civil society actors. Democratisation Department and Regular reports will be produced and the role and responsibility at all for the last six months. situation in our municipality, of media. which is something that polit- the National Democratic Institute and publicized during the imple- They keep blaming each other, (NDI), they initiated the establish- mentation of the project. The net- ical parties usually hesitate to Mr. Elezi explains that for each but in fact they are all equally ment of the “NGO Network for work will also organize open de- topic a series of four radio pro- responsible. If they continue to do. I must say that I am imp- Monitoring”, which consists of bates, round tables and confer- grammes is foreseen. “Today behave like this, at the next ressed”, said Mr. Luta. six local organizations from Mit- ences.

DETAILSDETAJEDETALJI 5 “Our association directly represents the interests of the municipalities” - says the President of the Association of Kosovo Municipalities, Mr. Lutfi Haziri - The Association of Kosovo Municipalities was created immediately after the Þ rst local elections, in order to secure a joint strategy towards solving common problems through inter-municipality co-operation.

Text and photo: Hasan Sopa Speaking about regional cross- support of all municipal assem- “On the other side we are also border co-operation initiatives, blies presidents, to decently very active in representing the Mr. Haziri says that there are represent municipalities in rela- local bodies in the congress two developments in this direc- tion to the international organ- of local and regional govern- tion. “The Þ rst is that the Coun- isations and to the interim self- ment in Strasbourg, where all cil of Europe has opened an government institutions. “We states take part and Kosovo has ofÞ ce for local development have signed with the Prime observer status. Since Kosovo Minister of Kosovo an agree- and democratisation in Gjilan/ has a speciÞ c status under inter- ment on common principles of Gnjilane that covers all Kosovo national administration, we ha- a returns strategy for all those municipalities, but also some ve managed to enhance our municipalities in the region. who, for various reasons, had position, from that of special Its aim is to enhance local to leave Kosovo and today are status to observer status. We self-government and to involve displaced or refugees some- hope to take our status even different social groups in the where. We are also actively decision-making process. The involved in the public debate further in the future, but it is second positive development that deals with civil adminis- important for the moment that is regional integration. In the tration or decentralisation. The municipalities are among the frame of cross-border co-oper- latter term is not used any more, Þ rst to be represented in the ation, through our initiative, because Kosovo has nothing to Council of Europe. In other Kosovo has been included in decentralise as it was meant words, this association not only the integration process of the in the beginning. The role of supported and encouraged the the association was crucial in Mr. Lutfi Haziri, President of the Association of Kosovo Municipalities European Union. It is also co-operation among the munic- identifying the problems that worth mentioning the cross- ipalities here, but it has also municipalities are facing, as “Open borders for people and of the Gjilan/Gnjilane Munici- border co-operation between supported the co-operation pal Assembly. In his view, co- well as in raising issues that goods is the main problem and Kosovo, some municipalities among the municipalities of So- operation in infrastructure and were not known by the central the main obstacle that holds up from Serbia and Macedonia uth-Eastern Europe and Europe in creating better conditions for level and higher state institu- integration in this region”, says and two small municipalities tions. In this sense, our asso- in general. Today, most of the a free ß ow of people and goods from Bulgaria.” Mr. LutÞ Haziri, Preident of the will help this war-torn area ciation directly represents the municipalities have active part- Association of Kosovo Munic- turn into a region of peace and On internal relations, the Asso- interests of the municipalities”, nerships with counterparts from ipalities (AKM) and President stability. ciation has managed, with the reminds the president. abroad”, says Mr. Haziri. School library in Osojane re-opens Restoring It will also serve villagers from Binxhë/Bica and Grapc/Grabac.

Text: Zekije Kelmendi / Photo: Max Seelhofer under the supervision of the good relations Building Manager of the OSCE Nine months after it was sub- ving there, and 30 pupils attend OfÞ ce in Pejë/Peć. The budget of A cross border co-operation initiative in Dragash/Dragaš mitted, the project of re-open- the school. the project totalled Euro 22,240. ing the primary school library opened the way for solving old problems. The project consisted of three The library offers a variety of in Osojan/Osojane came to a main components: the renova- books, such as novels, non-Þ c- information on any incidents successful conclusion on 4 June, Text: Mustafa Skenderi tion of a large former class- could be quickly exchanged when, in the presence of rep- tion, dictionaries and encyclo- room (60 sqm) on the main paedias, popular science etc. The By opening two border cross- and delivered to the border resentatives of the OSCE Mis- ing points with Albania in the police. sion, Istog/Istok Municipality ß oor, the purchase of books and Serbian speaking villages in the villages Orqushë/Orćuša and According to Mr. Uzair Hamza, teachers, dozens of potential of library furniture. 2250 books neighbourhood of the va-lley, Krushevë/Kruševo, Dragash/ Local Community OfÞ cer in readers and other onlookers, were bought, and the school such as Binxhë/Bica and Grapc/ Dragaš Municipality, local ofÞ - Dragash/Dragaš, the opening the library was ofÞ cially inau- donated another 600 titles from Grabac, might also beneÞ t from cials aimed at improving com- of the two border crossing gurated. Osojan/Osojane is the their own stocks. The refur- the library, which is an impor- munication between Gorani points in Orcusa and Krusevo Þ rst organised return site for bishment was done by a small tant step forward in the creation villages in Dragash/Dragaš has signiÞ cantly improved the Kosovo Serbs. Approximately Goraždevac/Gorazhdec-based of a social infrastructure in this municipality (Kosovo) and Go- situation. The increasing num- 350 inhabitants are currently li- construction company (“Berti”) Kosovo Serb return area. rani villages from the munici- ber of people who are using palities Sistevac and Zapod in them conÞ rms the usefulness Albania. of the crossing points. As the The OSCE OfÞ ce in Dragash/ number of phone calls made Dragaš and the OSCE OfÞ ce to the hotline indicates, the in Kukes, Albania, initiated the number of incidents has dec- Þ rst meeting between repre- reased. sentatives of Dragash/Dragaš Four meetings in total have municipality and Kukes Mu- been held so far, and co-opera- nicipality. Representatives of tion will extend to other Þ elds. border villages from Kosovo During the last meeting, steps and Albania were invited. The that will be taken towards cul- meeting, meant to improve tural and sports co-operation co-operation, was held in were discussed. Gorani people Dragash/Dragaš in January this from both sides of the border year. hope that this co-operation will Cross border co-operation aims break down the wall that has at solving long lasting prob- existed for many years between lems, like illegal cutting of them. This will be particularly wood and illegal border cross- important as it is a well-known ing for cattle pasture. One of fact that many of them have the meetings resulted in the relatives on the other side of agreement to establish a hot- the border. The cross-border line between representatives co-operation initiative is an of Dragash/Dragaš in Kosovo opportunity for all of them to Ms. Dragana Petrovic, who is in charge of the library and one of her young readers. and Sistevac in Albania, so that restore relations. 6 DETAILSDETAJEDETALJI Youth organizations Lessons about education encourage dialogue A joint public awareness campaign is trying to convince Roma parents about the beneÞ ts of sending their children to school. The second meeting of youth NGOs from the region dis- Text and photo: Andrej Sever Roma children in the schools. Mr. Gligorije Stojanovic, the cussed several draft joint projects. This door-to-door campaign is Principal of the primary school The right to education is one taking place simultaneously in Kralj Milutin in Gračanica/Ul- Text: Besnik Tahiri interethnic trust in the region. of the basic human rights. As two villages: Gračanica/Ulpianë pianë said that every year All three groups concluded that a large number of Roma chil- and Plemetinë/Plemetina. Local around 10 % of Roma children The second meeting of youth there is a great need for more dren in Kosovo do not attend Roma Hub Managers are carry- do not attend in the school. “We non-governmental organizati- frequent meetings of young pe- school at all, or go to school ing out the project, as, according have discussed with leaders of ons from Kosovo and Serbia ople, as well as a need to create very rarely, the OSCE OfÞ ce to Mr. Olivier Revah, Democra- Roma about this issue. We were took place in Novi Sad by the a united and functional regional Prishtinë/Priština launched a tization OfÞ cer, the Roma tend promised this year also, like the end of May. The project “Civil previous ones, that the Roma network that would be founded public awareness campaign ai- to trust Roma people. Dialogue” is implemented by children will attend the classes, on concrete projects. Several ming to inform Roma parents Mr. Sebastijan Serifovic is a lo- the Center for Regionalism from but I am afraid that on 1 Sep- draft joint projects were pre- about the beneÞ ts of educa- cal Hub Manager in Gračanica/ Novi Sad and Mother Theresa tember, when the school begins, sented in the working groups. tion. Ulpianë. “Roma people are at a number of Roma children will Society from Prishtinë/Priština. Participants also had interesting a very low level concerning the According to Mr. Vojkan Milo- not attend the classes. I appeal Both or-ganizations are partners discussions during the informal education,” he says. “People vanovic, Assistant in the Demo- to the parents not to repeat of the Democratization Depart- sessions of the meeting. look differently at you when ment of the OSCE Mission. cratization Department of the you are educated. Roma rights the mistake which their parents The general impression was ofÞ ce, this project is done jointly are still being violated, as the have made, and leave their chil- The main topics of the discus- that a step forward was accom- with the Ministry of Education. dren without education”, says sion were the development of Roma are not educated,” deems plished, in comparison to the The Þ nal goal is to have as many Sebastijan. the principal. joint projects of youth NGOs Þ rst meeting of youth organi- In some cases, social problems from Kosovo and Serbia, and zations which was held at the may keep Roma children away the possibility of building a end of August last year in Palic. from school. Mr. Berisa Erdzan, partnership between youth Labinot Hoxha, a youth activist a father of four, said that his fa- NGOs in the region. 25 repre- from the NGO “Post Pessimists” mily is from Prishtinë/Priština sentatives of youth NGOs from said: “It was a very nice expe- and they are displaced. The on- Kosovo and 22 from Serbia, rience to see that youth groups ly income his family receives is as well as representatives of from other parts of the region social aid from UNMIK and aid local and regional media par- are also working for improve- for children. “We have addres- ticipated in the conference. ment of civil dialogue”. sed all humanitarian organi- The meeting was greeted by Mr. sations for help. All we have According to Agon Maliqi, a yo- got are promises,” explains he. Friedhelm Frischenschlager, uth NGO activist from Pristina, Director of the Department of “Have we had normal living this conference will not remain conditions, my child would cer- Democratization of the OSCE just a one-day event, as there Mission in Kosovo. Mr. Frisch- tainly go to the school, and be will be follow up projects like able to work and be a normal enschlager emphasized in his the EXIT music festival. speech the importance of the member in a society”, says Sa- “Civil Dialogue” project. He “For me the informal talks that Roma children from Gračanica/Ulpianë nela, the wife of Mr. Erdzan. underlined the role of youth we had during the breaks and organizations in the normal- during the social events were ization of relations and in the especially important,” said Mr. creation of an atmosphere of Maliqi. An issue of equality Closer to media This year, all municipalities in Kosovo have set up gender equality ofÞ ces. dikos, was one of the par- According to Ms. Arjeta Rexha, Text : Florin Pasnicu / Photo: Sandro Betaneli Text and photo: Hasan Sopa ticipants of this session and Executive Director of the The Parliamentary Group of the relations. From the basics of de- Whenever they hear the term he highly evaluates it. In his organisation, the intention of Other Communities was for- signing a public message, to “gender”, people from Kosovo perception, both genders are the training is to raise the mally established only a few preparing a TV interview and associate it with female gender. equally important, despite the awareness of the general popu- months ago this year. It rep- to communicating in a crisis si- Therefore, the general percep- fact that our mentality favours lation. “Awareness campaigns resents the interests of several -tuation, the parliamentarians tion is that gender issues are male gender based only on the were done since 1999. Now ethnic minorities - Ashkali, Bos- learned how to approach jour- of concern only to women. physical aspect, rather than on it’s time to set up institutional the intellectual capacity of the niak, Gorani, Roma and Turk- nalists and how to get their mes- But this is deÞ nitely not what mechanisms for protection of females. ish - and it ranks, with its 10 sage across media. The training people who actually deal with gender issues and for their the issue think. According to International organisations de- members, as the fourth largest ended with a friendly ceremony, implementation in every aspect them, gender issues are not veloped a number of training group in the Central Assembly. where the Head of the OSCE of life.” related only to women, but programmes on gender equal- Although it carries a signiÞ - Mission, Ambassador Pascal Fieschi, awarded them with they model equal opportuni- ity ever since they came to It appears that the old saying cant political weight, its public symbolical certiÞ cates. “I have ties and empower both gen- Kosovo. But the more local in- “if you educated one male appearance was so far rather strengthened my media skills ders. stitutions consolidate, the more you have educated one person, discrete, and its contacts with responsibilities are passed to whereas if you educated one thanks to this training”, said The OfÞ ce for gender issues local media sporadic. them. One of such local organ- woman you educated one gen- Mr. Haxhi ZylÞ Mergja during in the municipality of Gllogoc/ The OSCE Mission offered to isations is the Gender Training eration”, is slowly making way the ceremony. “I now know Glogovac in co-operation with help them in overcoming this and Research Center, which ac- in the minds of people. Let’s more about the ways of draw- the OSCE OfÞ ce in Lipjan/Lip- ted as facilitator of this train- hope that this will remain a situation, by providing a series ing the attention of the media”, ljan recently organized a gen- he added. ing. practice in the future. of training sessions on media der awareness training session. Members of the Other Communities Parliamentary Group This is considered yet another Participants in the gender equality training in Gllogoc/Glogovac, trying to enjoy their certifi cates attempt to change general per- solve a puzzle problem ception on gender equality. Mrs. Zahrie Podrimçaku, OfÞ - cer for gender issues at the Gllogoc/Glogovac municipal- ity assembly says: “Perception on gender equality still hasn’t changed the way we want, but it is going in the right direc- tion.” As an example she men- tioned the setting up of gender equality ofÞ ces in all Kosovo municipalities this year. It is interesting, though, that the number of males partici- pating in gender issues train- ings is growing. Mr. Behxhet Binaku, from the NGO Han- DETAILSDETAJEDETALJI 7 Youth traffic awareness Lasting programme saves lives impressions Since the beginning of the programme, the number of fatal road accidents involving Visitors of the Kosovo Police Service School are children dropped by 62%. impressed with the living conditions and the posi- tive multi-ethnic spirit of the school. Text: Ardian Spahiu / Photo: Dale Samuels and even on how to ride a bicy- cle safely. This initiative had Text and photo: Ardian Spahiu gian KFOR, the CLS people The Youth TrafÞ c Safety Pro- schools to learn trafÞ c safety. never been taken in Kosovo spent four days in a row previously. gram is going strong with four Once they go through the train- The Community Liaison Sec- visiting Serbian schools in regions and over 300 school ing, they are provided with mi- Youth TrafÞ c Safety Police have tion (CLS) at the OSCE-run Obiliq/Obilić and the villages children participating: Prizren ni stop signs and in some cases also visited the KPSS to learn Kosovo Police Service School of Babimoc/Babin Most, Cara- (90), Gjilane/Gnjilane (80), Peja/ with uniforms, to ensure the more about TrafÞ c Safety and (KPSS) is continuing its activ- vadicë/Crkvena Vodica, Donja Peć (120), and Mitrovicë/Mitro- safe crossing of roads at desig- to tour the campus with the ities throughout Kosovo. Last Bernica/Bërnicë e poshtme and vica (22). nated cross walks to and from KPSS Community Liaison. month, in co-operation with Gornja Bernica. They went into OfÞ cers of Kosovo Police Ser- the schools. Analyses have been conducted Kosovo Police Service (KPS), the classrooms, talked to more vice (KPS), in co-operation with Over 12,000 road safety books, to determine the impact of such the Community Liaison Team than 300 kids and attended a KPS Community Police and funded by the British NGO educational activities and a from KPSS brought 48 kids parent/teachers meeting to dis- TrafÞ c Units are working in “War Child” and the Kosovo general strengthening of trafÞ c from Þ ve mountain villages in cuss the possible visit of stu- schools through the regions. Police Service School (KPSS) enforcement activities. There the Deçan/Dečani area about dents to KPSS. This is what The ofÞ cers visit the schools, “Cops for Kids” Programme are 62% less fatal road acci- 40 km south and west of Pejë/ Community Policing is all offer an in-class program on have been provided to the dents involving children since Peć. Each of these kids lost about. trafÞ c safety, and talk with the schools. The books provide the start of the program during one or both parents during teachers. valuable information on road 2002. Not only is the program The visit of a multi-ethnic gro- the hostilities in Kosovo. These Students are selected by their signs, proper use of seat belts, fun, but it also saves lives! up of school children and the children were very happy and Þ rst visit to KPSS made by impressed with the school and a Serbian school from Lipjan/ with the hospitality offered to Lipljan are also a couple of them by the school staff and the major successes to be high- students. In addition, 48 chil- lighted. There are two more dren (Kosovo Albanians and Serbian Schools visiting KPSS Kosovo Serbs) from Lipjan/Li- this month. pljan region visited the KPSS as well. They were from two Ser- On June 20th, 25 Serbs adults bian and one Albanian scho- from Obiliq/Obilić area vis- ols. 11 teachers and two elder ited the police school. They leaders from both Serb villages were the second group from joined the kids and reported the same village who visited back to their people about what the school. The mayor of the they saw at KPSS. village, accompanied by 24 women and men, was These are only a couple of the impressed with the organiza- visits of schoolchildren (Alba- tion and the way the school was nian, Serb, Turkish and other) operating. After visiting some from all over Kosovo which are of the classrooms where teach- organized by the KPSS. Chil- ing was ongoing, they were dren are always impressed. very happy to see that Alba- Almost all of them say how nian, Serbian and other Koso- good it is to see the students van communities are working of different ethnicity working, all together for the same cause Junior KPS Offi cers and Primary School Children from Prizren studying, eating lunch together - the multiethnic Kosovo. and having joint sport activi- ties at the schools campus. This In addition, they had the is how the future should look chance to talk to many Serb Long-term solution for water in Gornje Kusce like in Kosovo: working and cadets who expressed their sat- living together. isfaction with the life and the A Kosovo Albanian company hired Þ ve Kosovo Serbs to take part in the work being done at the KPSS. reconstruction of the water system. Besides the visits it organizes The cadets emphasized that at the KPSS, the Community the school should be taken as Text: Mustafa Skenderi water”, says Mr. Momcilo Pe- if consumption will be rational, Liaison Section goes to the Þ eld an example throughout Bal- trovic, village representative in there will be enough water for and visits communities whose kans on how members of dif- Prior to the conß ict, the vil- the Gjilan/Gnjilane Municipal- all 364 households of the vil- members have no possibilities ferent ethnic communities can lagers of Gornje Kusce/Kufc i ity and member of the village lage. The second phase - the to travel to the KPSS. Last work, study, live and have fun epërm, municipality of Gjilan/ council. establishment of the water pipe month, together with Norwe- together. Gnjilane, relied on private wells “Lesna Decon”, a Kosovo Alba- network - has to be sponsored for supplying their households nian Company from Gjilan/ by UNMIK. Works were sched- with water. After the conß ict, Gnjilane, won the tender in uled to start in June and to end analyses showed a serious dete- November 2002 for improving in august 2003, then handed rioration in the quality of the the condition of the water over to Hidrotehnika, says Ms. water from the shallow wells. Lola Ansede, Democratization To avoid serious consequences supply system in the village. OfÞ cer in the OSCE OfÞ ce in on the health of the people, Work started in January 2003 Gjilan/Gnjilane. in the past two years KFOR of this year. The company emp- has supplied fresh water to the loyed Þ ve local ethnic Serbs, Inhabitants of the village gladly village by tankers. However, who participated in the build- welcomed the implementation this was only a temporary solu- ing of a reservoir. A socially ow- of this project. One of them, tion. The long-term solution ned company, Hidrotehnika, Mr. Novica Petrovic, told us was found only by the end of provided geodesic work and that the water works mean last year. experts carried out the Þ eld a lot for this village. “This research. The same company “We, as a board, and other vil- will be a long-term solution will be in charge with main- lagers, were involved in the for us. We have been supplied meetings with UNMIK and taining the system. with water from our shallow other institutions where the The whole project consists of wells, but most likely water decision on the water supply two phases. The Þ rst was spon- was unhealthy and not good project was approved. It has sored by the OSCE Mission, for drinking, that is for sure, been an important issue for and it included the building of because our stables were too us, because 200 households out a 83 cubic meters reservoir. It close to the wells”, he exp- Junior KPS Offi cers and Primary School Children visiting the KPSS of 364 are without drinking will be Þ lled continuously and lained. DETAILSDETAJEDETALJI Summer run in Gjilan

Text and photo: Andrej Sever cë/Mitrovica, Suharekë/Suva Rupert (42’32”) - among the Reka, Kamenicë/Kamenica and best three of their categories - Weather was nice on Sunday, Novoberdë/Novo Brdo. A mi- won prizes. 22 June, when 155 runners, xed team of Kosovo Albanian divided in seven groups, took and Kosovo Serb children from This Þ rst edition of the event part in a 10-kilometre Summer the Gjilan/Gnjilane region trai- was organized jointly by the Run. People enjoyed a lot ned for two months under pro- municipality of Gjilan/Gnijlane watching a rare sport event fessional supervision. Milos, a and the OSCE OfÞ ce. Accord- and gave a strong encourage- 13 year-old Serb member of the ing to Mr. Srdjan Antic, Democ- ment to their favourites. The team came third in his cate- ratisation Assistant in the OSCE best runner was Mr. Abdurrah- gory. He said that he owes his OfÞ ce, next year it will be solely man Shkodra from Prishtinë/ success to his Kosovo Albanian the municipality that will be Priština: he covered the dis- coach, Ekrem. in charge of organisation. “We tance in 32’18”. OSCE employees also took a will be happy to assist them There were runners from Priz- signiÞ cant part in the race. Jo- to cope with whatever obstacle ren, Deçan/Dečani, Mitrovi- anne, Ecaterina, Luljieta and might come up,” he added.

The bridge “Look at me, I’m the same as you” of music A festival in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica brought together young people Young people from Prizren try to raise awareness on the condition of disabled people. from both sides of the city. Text: Sven Lindholm Text and photo: Hasan Sopa During the visits we take pic- not see us anymore. tal disabilities. “It would be a tures, and we are planning great help to these people if For one evening in June, Mitro- People with disabilities are The campaign that the young to organize a photo exhibi- some of them, who are able vicë/Mitrovica was not a divi- deÞ nitely one of the most vul- members of the Human Rights ded city. The bridge and music tion that will be displayed to work, could be employed. nerable groups in society. It is Club are developing is pri- brought people together. A few in public places and institu- That would help them over- not only the institutions that marily targeting Kosovo insti- thousand youth from both com- tions. We think this will help come their complexes and munities, north and south, lis- are not doing enough to assist tutions. They also address the raise general awareness”, con- society at large, asking that be part of society. This pri- tened to music and danced on them, but the public at large cludes Kaltrina. people stop for a moment and marily depends upon our the bridge all night until the is far from understanding think about the condition of institutions,” concludes Anita show was over. their situation. The Human On 19 June, the students vis- the people with developmen- Shala. The occasion was the “Fete de Rights Youth Club from Priz- ited the family of Ibrahim la Musique” celebration, orga- ren, in co-operation with the Shala, in the village of Ngucat/ nized by the French OfÞ ce and Human Rights Department of Guncat, Malishevë/Mališevo the French KFOR contingent. the OSCE OfÞ ce in Prizren has municipality, where they met This is third time the music festival has been in town, but compiled a project to help this Enver Shala. Ibrahim, the the last two saw two separate vulnerable group of people. father of Enver, recalls that his events, on both the north and son got sick when he was 6 the south of the Ibar river. The members of the Human - he caught an inß uenza - This one event came about from Rights Youth Club - 11 school and was sent to hospital in local pressure from the youth children of different ethnic Prizren. After four days of of both ethnic communities to background - want to address treatment he was supposed build on smaller events - such the problems that people with as theater performances in the to be released from the hospi- developmental disabilities fa- Cultural Centre and the Mobile tal. “That night, around mid- ce in every day life. Accord- Cultural Container - and have night, a doctor came in his ing to Anita Shala, the leader more multi-ethnic events. And room and gave him an injec- so it was decided that this year’s of the eleven, the idea of the tion, despite the fact that his “Fete” would be on the bridge project is to signal that the patient’s chart had already itself. public is not paying enough been withdrawn”, recalls Ibra- The evening began with a band attention to this vulnerable him. Ever since that night, from Finland playing rock and group of people. reggae music. They were soon Enver did not have a normal followed by another Finnish Kaltrina Rexha, a student of life. Today, he is 32. When band, and then, in succession, the second grade of the sec- he saw us approaching his well-known DJs from SoÞ a, ondary school, says that the house, as he was sitting out- Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade. Þ rst phase of the project in- side on the terrace, he was There was clear excitement from cludes visits to the families very happy. He could not say those on the bridge. They came who have people with dis- it, but we could see it on his together for music. It may seem like one small step, but it is one abilities. “This way we get face. When we left, he kept small step closer to normaliza- familiar with their problems. looking at us until he could Mr. Ibrahim Shala (left) and his son Enver tion in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica.